Linn County Leads Birth Certificate Streamlining
Linn county pioneered a new method for issuing delayed birth certificates by typewritten copies upon proof and 50 cent fee, speeding up requests amid wartime demand. County Clerk Edwin W. Lundquist said the system, used since July, now guides 30 Iowa counties. Applicants must apply in their birth county or Des Moines if born elsewhere.
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Iowa
Linn County
Edwin W. Lundquist
Eric P. Pfeiffer
State Department of Health
Des Moines
Adquist
Lundquist
Department of Health
Old Home Folk Welcome Hickenlooper at Mount Ayr Visit
Bourke Hickenlooper returned to Mount Ayr where Blockton friends welcomed him on the eve of the Republican primary for governor. His father Nate traveled from Blockton to introduce his son to locals familiar with the future candidate from rural Iowa.
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MT. Ayr
Nate Hickenlooper
Bourke
Mount Ayr
Blockton
Taylor County
Iowa State College
Hickenlooper
Hick
Nathan
Iowa
Bourke Hickenlooper
France
Iowa State
United States Field Artillery
Towa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Memorial Coliseum
Native Dancers Stamp Out Landing Field for Refugees
In Melbourne AP reports two thousand New Guinea natives staged a three night dancing party to stamp out a makeshift landing field enabling 70 refugees to reach Australia by plane. Other adventures described include crossing wild New Guinea terrain northeast of Australia and a priest assisting the group by piloting the refugees toward a hoped escape point.
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Australia
Leahy
Joyce Jones
Melbourne
New Guinea
Father Culver
Filling Station Owner Reports Lost Billfold
Lumir Asenbrewer who runs a filling station at Twenty first avenue and C street SW reported to police Friday that he lost his billfold containing $700 Thursday night between the station and his home at 315 Wilson avenue SW.
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Lumir Asenbrewer
Twentyfirst Avenue
C Street
Wilson Avenue
Unlimited Vacancies for Glider Pilots Open Army Posts
Army recruiter Sergt Verne W Small announces unlimited vacancies for glider pilots. Application forms are available at the recruiting office and may be obtained at the post office for interested applicants.
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Sergt. Verne W. Small
Stockwell of Oelwein Is Reported Missing in Action
Glade Stockwell, 24, son of Mr and Mrs C L Stockwell of Oelwein, is listed as missing in action since the fall of an unspecified date, according to a Gazette report from Oelwein.
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Stockwell of
Oelwein
Oelwein—Corp
Glade Stockwell
C. L. Stockwell
Boy Scout Honor Court Honors 350 Attend. Troop 8 Wins Prize
At Roosevelt school a Boy Scout court of honor awarded the attendance prize to Troop 8 sponsored by Kenwood PTA. Scoutmaster Henry Houseman and district advancement chairman J J Maloney presided. Troop 18, Trinity Methodist, was second. Troop 12, Elks Club, third. Advancements went to Troops 8 2 and 22. First aid and emergency service awards were announced by named officials. entertainment by Don Ford of Coe College.
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Roosevelt School
Kenwood School Parent Teachers Association
Henry Houseman
J. J. Maloney
Cedar Rapids
Trinity Methodist Church
J. W. Emsign
Elks Club
F. P. Schultz
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
St. Wencesslaus Church
Fred Chalupsky
Emil Proskovec
John Berger
Dale Meyers
A. N. Hamiston
Court of Honor
Don Ford
Coe College
Niece of C. R. Woman in Ireland Identified in Photo
Mrs. Dora Keppler Nunnally of 17 35 C Avenue NE reports her niece Pauline Fenno of Boston Mass was in a Northern Ireland photo on The Gazette page. The shot shows Miss Fenno riding with the Marchioness of Reading in a jeep driven by Corp Leo Vega of Ellsworth. Miss Fenno’s father is Capt Chester H J Keppler of the navy.
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Dora Keppler Nunnally
C Avenue
Pauline Fenno
Boston
Mass
Northern Ireland
Gazette
Miss Fenno
Marchioness
Reading
Corp
Leo Vega
Ellsworth
Chester H. J. Keppler
Navy
Nunnally
Voter registrations in Cedar Rapids total 34076
City Clerk Maude M. Krebs reports 34 076 residents registered in Cedar Rapids for the June 1 primary. Of those, 742 are new since the last election.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude M. Krebs
I C School Awards Ceremony Highlights Student Honors
Immaculate Conception school held an award assembly led by Rev. Mgr. John M. Molloy. Senior four-year citizenship awards were presented, with scholastic averages earning recognition for all classes. Perfect attendance pins went to numerous seniors and grade school pupils, while scholastic average winners were named for eighth through first grades.
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Immaculate Conception
Mgr
John M. Molloy
Louise Pratt
Bob Clem
Zola Ferguson
Gladys Hyneck
Rahe
John Husak
Harry Gibson
Larry McGrath
Vincent Carney
Don Goodyear
Frank Pusateri
John Mc
Jack Bredl
Susan Wheelan
Carol Boyle
Constane Bredl
Robert Lynch
Evelyn Medinger
Jean Schoebelen
Virginia Mottet
Nadine Medinger
Marilyn Dautremont
Mary Patricia Fitzpatrick
Arline Miller
Kathleen Morrissey
Clarice Seifert
Gerald Nilles
Frank Tow
Memorial Day Flags Placed On Cedar Rapids Graves
Dawn ceremony to place American flags on about 830 war veterans graves in Cedar Rapids marking Memorial Day 1942. Boy Scouts American Legion and Spanish War Veterans lead the effort with Hanford post contributions. Volunteers list across Oak Hill Linwood Bohemian National St Johns Calvary Cedar Memorial cemeteries. Civil War graves noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Boy Scouts
American Legion
Hanford Post
H. H. Wage
Hanford Post Memorial Committee
Oak Hill Cemetery
Walter Meyer
Leonard V. Koch
Linwood
F. C. Parrish
Louis Schirm
J. Howard Walsh
Bohemian National
Alma Vokolek
Edwin Trusty
St. John
Sixteenth Ave Club Approves War Fund Health Camp and Boys State Support
Members of the Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club voted three civic welfare contributions. They pledged $25 to the United War Fund to reduce further solicitations, $5 to Camp Good Health, and agreed to sponsor one day at Boys State, the annual American Legion self government project.
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Sixteenth Ave. Club
United War Fund
Camp Good Health
Hawkeye Boys’ State
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Boys’ State
The
American Legion
Sixteenth Avenue Club
Clermont Turkey River Bridge Opens to Traffic
Clermont reports the new bridge across the Turkey River is opened to traffic with detours remaining to guide remaining work. Crews finish painting and erect light posts as final details are completed.
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Clermont
Turkey River
Cleras
12 Year Old Rodeo Prodigy Charms Midwest Crowd
Bayne Freeland profiles Frankie Louise Stoker a 12 year old rodeo veteran who headlines at the Midwest Championship at TK Hawkeye Downs. She performs with siblings Bessie Mae 9 and J W 13 along with other young riders amid a rodeo family background. The Stokers live in Overland Park Kansas in winter while father Frank E works at a defense plant in Missouri.
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TK Hawkeye Downs
Frankie Louise Stoker
Frankie
Frank E
Bessie Mae
Just Plain
J. W
England Twins
Betty Lou
Nancy Howe
Maynard Miller
Earl Strauss
Missouri
Stoker
Overland Park
Kan
Rodeo Rider Frankie Graduates Eighth Grade
Frankie, a nomadic rodeo youth, finished eighth grade last month despite missing weeks of school. She prefers riding breeches and satin blouse over dresses and has a Cedar Rapids friend met at a show a year ago. She plans a possible overnight with Elizabeth Stropple in Cedar Rapids as she travels with the rodeo circuit.
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J. W
Frankie
Se — Saaane
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Stropple
Charles Stroppie
Linn Boulevard
Elizabeth
Concerts at Cedar Memorial Park Memorial Day
Three recorded patriotic and sacred music concerts will be broadcast from the Chapel of Memories at Cedar Memorial on Memorial Day. Programs run 10 am 2 pm and 7 30 pm with listeners invited to hear the broadcasts in their cars. The events open a summer concert series at Cedar Memorial park with twilight shows planned every evening at 7 30.
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Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial
Cedar Memorial Park
Appointment of Auxiliary Executor in Iowa Estate
Notice from Linn County Iowa that an auxiliary executor has been duly appointed and qualified for the estate of Stevens a of Lion County, requested to present debts and demands for settlement to the attorneys Grimm moon snchheiary Ementor.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Stevens A
Lion County
Grimm
Moon
Scaffold Collapse Injures Workman on NW House
Roger Lovelett of 325 Avenue NW suffered a head laceration when a scaffold collapsed at a house on 322 H Avenue NW around 5 30 p m Thursday Both Lovelett and coworker Morris Pepin of 1239 Fourth Street SE fell about 20 feet but Pepin escaped injury They were taken to St Luke's hospital by the ambulance service and discharged after treatment.
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Roger Lovelett
Germans Building Giant Air Base at Dakar
The Tass News agency report from Lisbon says Germans are building a large air base at Dakar in French West Africa to support raids on South America. German engineers supervise a Trans-Sahara railway linking Dakar with French North Africa. Laval ordered 70,000 residents to rush rail construction. Moscow Radio broadcast the claims.
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London
INS
Authoritative Press Association
Tass
Lisbon
Dakar
French West Africa
South America
Trans-Sahara
French North Africa
Pierre Laval
Moscow Radio
United States Claims Midway Islands in 1859
The article notes the United States claimed the Midway Islands in 1859 marking an early territorial assertion in the Pacific. It outlines the historical context of discovery and later geopolitical significance with linking mentions to national expansion.
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Midway Islands
United States
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Troop 8
C. R
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I.C. School
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Third Avenue
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Bayne Freeland
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Merle E. Garmoe
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